Andrew Carnegie: Private secretary to the local superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was one of the first americans to go from so little to so much more, being born very poor then making a fortune for himself. Also his company produced the largest portion of the nations steel.
Social Darwinism: A book that stated the marketplace should not be regulated. It was made to teach people how to become sucessful. It was had stated that the poor are only poor because they're "lazy" and deserved this.
John D. Rockefeller: Created the Standard Oil Company. His oil companies controlled 90 percent of the refining business, made 2-3 percent of the country's oil, and ran the marker by rising the prices up to a huge amount. The people referred to him and his company as "robber barons"
Sherman Antitrust Act: Made it legal to form a trust that interfered with the free trade between states or other countries. The companies would not give up, so eventually the government gave up with this act.
Samuel Gompers: Led the Cigar Markers' International Union, and was the president of the AFL to end the horrible working environment they had been working in.
American Federation of Labor (AFL): Focused on collective bargaining, to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions. Because of the AFL, from 1890-1915 the average weekly wages rose from $17.50 - $24. Along with the average workweek falling from 54.5 hours to under 49 hours. Both of these were a huge accomplishment for the people.
Eugene V. Debs: Trying to create a "special industry" for the unskilled and skilled workers. This only added to the strive of the union organizing.
Industrial Workers of the World: Included miners, lumbers, cannery, and dock workers.
Mary Harris Jones: Supported the great strike of 1877, also organized the United Mine Workers of America. Very concerned of the child labor conditions, she bravely led 80 million children on the march to the home of President Roosevelt. This influenced the child labor laws.
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